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Country, |
Total |
New |
Total |
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World |
117,744,414 |
+292,427 |
2,611,890 |
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29,744,652 |
+45,116 |
538,628 |
|
|
11,244,624 |
+15,353 |
157,966 |
|
|
11,055,480 |
+36,136 |
266,614 |
|
|
4,333,029 |
+10,253 |
89,473 |
|
|
4,223,232 |
+4,712 |
124,566 |
|
|
3,909,560 |
+5,327 |
88,933 |
|
|
3,160,970 |
+4,721 |
71,436 |
|
|
3,081,368 |
+13,902 |
100,103 |
|
|
2,793,632 |
+13,215 |
29,094 |
|
|
2,513,768 |
+5,113 |
72,698 |
|
|
2,278,861 |
+2,205 |
60,598 |
|
|
2,154,694 |
+5,058 |
53,121 |
|
|
2,128,600 |
+2,734 |
190,604 |
|
|
1,801,083 |
+6,170 |
45,317 |
|
|
1,698,005 |
+8,313 |
60,786 |
|
|
1,521,706 |
+638 |
50,803 |
|
|
1,406,800 |
+5,572 |
27,128 |
|
|
1,386,556 |
+6,894 |
37,547 |
|
|
1,374,467 |
+3,291 |
47,973 |
|
|
1,325,349 |
+3,951 |
22,037 |
|
|
1,123,909 |
+3,834 |
15,861 |
|
|
890,698 |
+4,124 |
22,276 |
|
|
860,533 |
+4,748 |
21,163 |
|
|
830,563 |
+2,280 |
20,963 |
|
|
810,459 |
+365 |
16,565 |
|
|
804,591 |
+3,016 |
5,915 |
|
|
787,891 |
+2,082 |
22,261 |
|
|
731,016 |
+4,468 |
13,596 |
|
|
597,760 |
+3,353 |
12,521 |
|
|
592,100 |
+1,592 |
13,227 |
|
|
551,175 |
+845 |
8,476 |
|
|
489,530 |
+4,091 |
4,579 |
|
|
486,325 |
+102 |
8,683 |
|
|
476,980 |
+1,910 |
8,732 |
|
|
468,713 |
+2,696 |
15,988 |
|
|
439,992 |
+1,036 |
8,253 |
|
|
435,130 |
+7,413 |
4,987 |
|
|
413,332 |
+2,483 |
1,335 |
|
|
397,887 |
+2,283 |
5,089 |
|
|
380,182 |
+351 |
6,534 |
|
|
345,236 |
+402 |
5,934 |
|
|
323,786 |
+396 |
7,921 |
|
|
314,989 |
+1,529 |
1,177 |
|
|
296,441 |
+930 |
2,047 |
|
|
294,618 |
+115 |
16,043 |
|
|
274,810 |
+89 |
3,011 |
|
|
272,998 |
+147 |
3,591 |
|
|
263,303 |
+2,995 |
10,764 |
|
|
254,273 |
+323 |
11,823 |
|
|
246,608 |
+94 |
5,609 |
|
|
243,526 |
+279 |
3,179 |
|
|
238,017 |
+313 |
8,225 |
|
|
236,963 |
+195 |
3,247 |
|
|
223,651 |
+432 |
4,422 |
|
|
218,754 |
+653 |
2,819 |
|
|
215,264 |
+425 |
2,381 |
|
|
206,281 |
+1,161 |
6,797 |
|
|
202,438 |
+221 |
3,337 |
|
|
201,898 |
+1,326 |
1,133 |
|
|
198,554 |
+1,742 |
2,157 |
|
|
195,678 |
+210 |
3,897 |
|
|
195,602 |
+350 |
4,129 |
|
|
187,094 |
+591 |
11,038 |
|
|
178,770 |
+210 |
6,479 |
|
|
175,016 |
+337 |
3,225 |
|
|
173,729 |
+215 |
4,260 |
|
|
169,860 |
+1,817 |
3,343 |
|
|
167,417 |
+468 |
263 |
|
|
167,133 |
+995 |
2,442 |
|
|
158,906 |
+400 |
1,982 |
|
|
144,404 |
+449 |
1,594 |
|
|
142,774 |
+436 |
1,391 |
|
|
142,045 |
+11 |
3,200 |
|
|
139,658 |
+1,018 |
2,288 |
|
|
137,291 |
+1,778 |
5,297 |
|
|
127,255 |
+653 |
473 |
|
|
114,382 |
+148 |
3,018 |
|
|
113,580 |
+683 |
1,956 |
|
|
109,164 |
+337 |
1,879 |
|
|
107,479 |
+316 |
3,206 |
|
|
92,817 |
+346 |
1,642 |
|
|
90,525 |
+194 |
1,699 |
|
|
89,994 |
+19 |
4,636 |
|
|
86,583 |
+33 |
1,473 |
|
|
37,230 |
+352 |
233 |
|
|
8,980 |
+3 |
175 |
|
|
2,524 |
+12 |
35 |
Retrieved from: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
From CNN's Christina Maxouris
A safer future is just a few months away, but it's crucial that Americans keep practicing Covid-19 safety precautions and heeding health officials' advice as the country works to vaccinate more people, one expert told CNN on Monday.
"We're not done yet, Covid isn't done with us. The variants are still a risk," Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. "You don't declare victory in the third quarter."
Americans should continue wearing masks and avoiding indoor crowded spaces -- "where the virus can spread rapidly," according to Frieden -- as officials track the variants circulating in the US and, among them, the highly contagious B.1.1.7 variant that was first detected in the UK.
Experts say that variant is now rapidly spreading across the US and, according to the CDC, will likely become the predominant variant this month. Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm warned earlier this week the variant could help fuel another dangerous surge in just several weeks' time.
From CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq
Iraq extended a series of restrictive measures announced last month for two more weeks due to increasing Covid-19 infections, the Iraqi health ministry said in a statement on Monday.
The measures include a full curfew on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between March 9 through March 22.
Restaurants and cafes will be closed for dining but will allow pick-up services. All entertainment venues will be closed for two more weeks, including indoor parks, cinemas, sports halls, and swimming pools.
On Monday, the Iraqi Ministry of Health reported 4,468 new coronavirus cases. It brings the total number of cases in Iraq to at least 731,016.
The health ministry also reported 16 Covid-related deaths bringing the total number of fatalities in Iraq to at least 13,596 since the pandemic began.
There are currently 52,959 Covid-19 patients hospitalized across the county, among them 413 cases in intensive care.
From CNNs Claudia Otto in Berlin
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press conference on February 26, in Brussels, Belgium. Alexandros Michailidis/Pool/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has addressed the European Union's sluggish vaccine rollout, saying that by next month, a lot more vaccines will be available.
Speaking to German newspaper “Stuttgarter Nachrichten,” on Sunday, von der Leyen said that "science has virtually overtaken industry with its record time in vaccine development," and that "we all underestimated that ramping up stable mass production involves considerable risks."
Von der Leyen's comments come as the European Union's 27-nation vaccine strategycontinues to splinter as member states turn to nations outside the bloc to boost a faltering rollout plagued by supply issues, contract skirmishes and sluggish takeup.
"Eliminating bottlenecks in raw materials or in supply chains as quickly as possible was harder and bumpier than expected. That's why it was very slow at the beginning. Things have improved significantly. In January, around 20 million doses were delivered, in February around 30, and for March we expect around 50. From April, according to the manufacturers' plans, volumes could double again, partly because further vaccines are about to be approved," sh said.
“The lesson from all this is, we need to have production capacity on hand for pandemics. And cohesion in a crisis is important. I can't even imagine how things would look in Europe today if a few large countries now perhaps had vaccines and most of the smaller member states had been left empty-handed for the time being," she said.
"That would have torn Europe apart and destroyed the single market on which we all live," she said, adding: "That's why I remain deeply convinced that the European approach was the right one."
https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine-updates-03-09-21/index.html
By Anna Schaverien and Jennifer Jett
Millions of students returned to schools in England on Monday for the first time since January, as the country takes its first major step out of lockdown restrictions.
Ending a two-month bout of learning from home for most pupils, younger students ages 5 to 11 headed back to their classrooms on Monday, with a phased re-entry for older pupils over the coming week.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday described the move as bringing the country “closer to a sense of normality,” adding that it marked “a truly national effort to beat this virus.”
Young children, who studies have suggested are less likely to contract the virus than teenagers and adults, will resume schooling with no additional safety measures.
But the government has advised students ages 11 to 18 to wear face coverings in school, and those older students are also being asked to take rapid-result Covid-19 tests every week to identify asymptomatic cases.
The return of England’s schoolchildren to their classrooms coincides with Britain reporting its lowest number of deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test since October. On Sunday, 82 deaths from Covid-19 were recorded — the first time in five months that deaths had been down to double figures, though counts are often lower over the weekend.
Mr. Johnson’s step-by-step plan for reopening saw some of England’s other lockdown rules also being relaxed slightly on Monday, with nursing home residents permitted to have one regular visitor and two people allowed to meet outdoors for a picnic or other social activity.
After the emergence of a coronavirus variant contributed to Britain’s overall death toll rising to more than 124,000, Mr. Johnson appears to be trying to avoid the mistakes of last year and has underlined that he wants this lockdown to be the country’s last.
Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/08/world/covid-19-coronavirus/students-are-returning-to-school-in-england
Pope Francis in the town of Qaraqosh, in northern Iraq, on Sunday. Asked whether he worried that his trip to the country could result in rising infections, he said, “I thought about it a lot, I prayed a lot over this.”Credit...Ivor Prickett for The New York Times
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis, lamenting that he felt like he was in “prison” under lockdown in the Vatican, said on Monday that he had wrestled over whether to visit Iraq in the midst of a pandemic but ultimately decided to put in God’s hands the fate of Iraqis who gathered, often without wearing masks and in crowded churches, to see him.
“This is one of the things that most made me think ‘maybe, maybe,’” Francis, who is vaccinated, said during a news conference on the papal plane returning from Baghdad. “I thought about it a lot, I prayed a lot over this.”
The pope, who was not wearing a mask, said that he had been aware of the risks but that after prayer, “it came from within and I said the one who allows me to decide this way will look after the people.”
The pope’s comments, in response to a question about whether he worried that his trip could result in the infection, and even death, of those who packed churches and streets to see him, did not address the public health consequences of his decision.
Coronavirus cases in Iraq are climbing, with nearly 3,400 new infections and 24 deaths reported in the past 24 hours. Critics have said that Francis’ high-profile trip, which involved many stops drawing thousands of people together, sent a dangerous and irresponsible message to a world still in the grips of a lethal pandemic fueled by fast-spreading virus variants.
But supporters have argued that the pope’s trip to Iraq was worth the risk to show his support for one of the most scarred, and suffering, corners of his church. Other popes have dreamed of visiting Iraq, which has an ancient but battered and shrunken Christian community, but Francis was the first to go, furthering his grand project of forging closer ties with the Muslim world and reasserting himself on the global stage after a year of lockdown.
But even as he succeeded in drawing attention to and showing support for the church in Iraq, there remained a lingering concern over the eventual cost.
Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/08/world/covid-19-coronavirus/pope-francis-defends-his-trip-to-iraq-during-the-pandemic
A Palestinian man received a vaccine dose on Monday at the Shaar Efraim crossing point between Israel and the West Bank. Israel is seeking to vaccinate 110,000 Palestinian workers in the next two weeks. Credit...Ammar Awad/Reuters
Israel began a two-week campaign on Monday to give Covid-19 vaccines to tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers who have permits to work in Israel.
At least 110,000 Palestinians are expected to receive doses of the Moderna vaccine, including about 80,000 who are employed in Israel and about 30,000 who work in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
“We are one geographical region, one epidemiological area, and the coronavirus affects both sides,” said Col. Eyal Zeevi, director of operations for the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, a Defense Ministry unit responsible for liaison with the Palestinians.
“It is our shared interest that the workers be vaccinated,” Colonel Zeevi told Israel’s Kan public radio on Monday. “And ultimately, when the economy is stable, this directly affects security.”
The Israeli government approved the plan to vaccinate Palestinian workers late last month. Colonel Zeevi said the plan was worked out in conjunction with the Palestinian Authority more than a month ago and “very quickly, everyone was on board.” Workers should be able to receive the vaccine from mobile units at one of eight checkpoints or in settlement industrial zones.
In a pilot project for the campaign, Magen David Adom, the Israeli ambulance service, said it vaccinated 700 Palestinian workers in one day at a checkpoint between the West Bank and Israel.
Israel had faced intense criticism for providing only token amounts of vaccine for Palestinians living under its control, amid sharp disagreements over its obligations and responsibilities, especially after the country secured a steady supply of vaccines. The country has outpaced the rest of the world in vaccinating its own citizens, including Jewish settlers in the West Bank, as well as Palestinian residents of Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem.
Still, both Israel and the Palestinian territories are registering more than 2,000 new coronavirus cases a day.
No decision has been made yet about whether unvaccinated workers will be allowed to enter Israel.
Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/08/world/covid-19-coronavirus/israel-begins-mass-vaccination-of-palestinian-workers
Here are the key developments from the last few hours:
· The Covid vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE was able to neutralise a new variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly in Brazil, according to a laboratory study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Monday.
· US airlines asked Biden to back Covid travel guidelines. Major US aviation, travel and aerospace groups on Monday joined airline unions in urging the Biden administration to help establish temporary Covid health credentials to boost travel, which has been hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
· US House will take up Senate’s $1.9tn coronavirus bill by Wednesday - Pelosi. The US House of Representatives will take up by Wednesday the Senate version of the sweeping $1.9tn coronavirus relief package backed by President Joe Biden, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday.
· A Post-Covid consumer spending boom ‘implausible’, said a Treasury official. The prospects for a consumer spending boom after lockdown have been downplayed by a senior Treasury official, amid warnings that wealthier families have saved more than low-paid workers during the pandemic.
· China’s Sinovac jab is effective against Brazil variant, preliminary study suggests. Preliminary data from a study in Brazil indicates that the Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd is effective against the P1 variant of the virus first discovered in Brazil, a source familiar with the study told Reuters on Monday.
· Japan’s Terumo says it has made a syringe to draw 7 doses from Pfizer vaccine vials. Japan’s Terumo Corp said on Tuesday it has developed a new syringe that can get seven doses out of each vial of Covid vaccine made by Pfizer Inc , at least one more than accessible with existing syringes, Reuters reports.
· Tunisia set to receive first coronavirus jabs. Tunisia said Monday the first coronavirus vaccines were set to arrive to start mass inoculation in the North African nation using Russia’s Sputnik V jabs.
· Greece is mourning its youngest Covid victim, 37-day baby. Greece on Monday mourned a 37-day-old baby, the youngest among the country’s nearly 6,800 Covid-19 victims, AFP reports.“Sadly today we had the pandemic’s youngest victim in our country, an infant that spent 17 of its 37 days fighting the coronavirus,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tweeted.“Today, grief is unbearable,” he said.
· The Dutch Covid curfew was extended, exceptions for vote: PM. The Netherlands will extend its controversial coronavirus curfew until March 31 with exceptions for a general election next week, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday.
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